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ESG LAB VALIDATION
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ESG Lab Validation
ESG Lab performed hands-on evaluation and testing of Dell PowerVault DL2000 Powered by CommVault at a
CommVault facility located in Oceanport, New Jersey. Testing began with a look at the automated wizard-driven
deployment, configuration, and management of the PowerVault DL2000.
Simple, Automated Configuration and Management
In the ESG Lab test bed, four physical servers were installed with Microsoft Windows 2003 and Linux. One
server ran VMware ESX. The four physical servers were running Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server,
Microsoft SharePoint (MOSS), and Linux file services. The VMware ESX server housed two virtual machines
running Windows 2003. The physical and virtual servers were connected to the Dell PowerVault DL2000 over a
gigabit Ethernet LAN, seen in Figure 3. The remote replication target was connected via a simulated WAN
connection utilizing a 100 Mb/sec LAN connection.
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FIGURE 3. ESG LAB TEST BED
ESG Lab Testing
ESG Lab began by powering on a pre-wired PowerVault DL2000. Upon Windows startup, the PowerVault
Configuration wizard launched and was used to configure basic server settings, including user credentials,
network settings, host name, and Active Directory settings. The configuration process continued with ESG Lab
2 Configuration details can be found in the Appendix.